Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-13
IT'LL THE BUGS BITE EMP
"Junius JuniOr'' Gives the saints
Another stir.

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day, cts long lane that has no turn"
Allow me to amend this by suggesting
that short lane must have turn, other
wise it would be long one.
Were it not for the promises held out
| by the Mormon emissaries in the old
country enticing people to come and join
the bands and herds of the anointed
Many poor mans son would have lain
still,
And never rustled his pennies and shil-
lings to come here and help to build up
an alleged kingdom, the result of which
is almost absolutely enough to cause any
nineteenth-century civilized citizen to
'quench his fiery Indignation"
Talk about the Tucker bill Leaving
editorial edification to the Delphian
oraculations of your own sanctum sane
forum, the "boys" in Ogden feel that
something is being done to make Rome
howl. 1t is not the Rome of Scipio or
Cicero we are fighting, neither the Rome
of Leo nor Leo XIII. 1t is the Rome,
a corner stone Of which was laid in Kirt-
land, another in Nauvoo, and two more
repeatedly in St. George and Logan.
This, of course, means the temple edit
cations at the holy shrnes of the be-
nighted system whose rulers have eyes
to see and ears to hear their innumerable
dupes.
Mr.. Editor, you know as well | do, as
well as all sensible men in Utah (intrd
nlurOS et eStrd) know, that the city OF
Ogden is destined by providential geogra-
ply and geographical location to be the
banner town OF the inter-mountain region.
This you can't dispute or deny. But I'll
tell you just how, and only how, it can
be accomplished. This is by unremitting,
never relenting, ever-stirring energy and
effort on the part of the Liberal party
The Mormons are solid unit. They
are or will be, massed in Macedonian
phalanX. Their signals are out Their
parole has passed from the top to the
very bottom OF the ranks of faithful
understrappers.
Let us disabuse our minds again in one
respect: Whosoever thinks or believes
that there will be any boiling and mug
wumping on the part OF the Peoples
party, is previously and Just as enor-
mously mistaken. Listen to our old
friend Shakespeare (or Bacon) who makes
his "Pandulph" in "King John" say;
How green are you. and fresh in this old
world?
And doesn't he with marvelouslv
prophetic foresight characterize the u.
c. chieftain OF the Mormon synod when
he says "John lay your plots" That's
exactly what it is, and why find with
all due respect to individual WORTH
fault with the Mormon merchants
who claim so much and show
so little individual independence
they'll claim it, they do boast of it, and
they very submissively lay it aside as
soon IS they catch glimpse of the
Bishops lash, lingual or literal. This is
the very great trouble. Thence come the
bad feelings and the more or less sup
pressed tears of dissatisfaction. Mer-
chants must make money-in fact we all
are in the same predicament. But some
people can't see that little humble
trucking to church usurpations does
them not only no good but positive harm.
AS rule, the purchasing and paving
class are those who vote the Liberal
ticket, because they are directly or in
directly interested in getting for Ogden
City wldeawake, live, pushing and crea,
tive administration, no Rip Van Wrinkle
business.
Mr.. Editor, join hands with me, or
hire buggy at Nelson's livery stable,
and 90 with me from the Ogden bridge to
ilerrick's farm, about twenty blocks from
north to south or let's get hack and
drive from Weber bridge eastward to
Major l.. b. Stephens fine ranch, and
let us find Mormon merchant who dare
express his individual personal choice of
candidates for the next city election. If
you find him, let me know. Ill have
him put up in a gilt and embossed frame
and sold as an original Michael Angelo.
1t IS not that our business men are not as
rule excellent men of business
and square up and down citizens.
But the aCcursed system has been
so deeply ingrained and infltered into
the minds and backbones of the old and
young that it is difficult task to eradi- !
cate the prejudices out of their brains
They will not listen to argument on the
argumenatiye platform. How about
this? Take your bill Of fare;
LIBERAL. PEOPLES.
Ogden for Ogden, Ogden for Salt Lake.
Business men, Bishons
Public improvements, Party boycottin0.
General laws, Special enactments
Work for ALL Jobs for brethren
Open accounts, Peculiar bookkeeDin,,
laTing property, Renting taxes
Toilce lof service, Service for police,
LOIS Tor al, No lots for Gentiles.
ana 70 lorlh, nj t4fadum, till the bugs .
bite 'em, More anon and abruptlv